Andrew sylvester hughes



(No Model.)

A. S. HUGHES.

MOLE DITCHER AND'TILE LAYER.

No. 810,058. Patented Dec. 30,1884.

WITNESSES INVENTOR %J 'v BY y I I dawn/ 4% ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE,

ANDRE\V SYLVESTER HUGHES, OF AGKLEY, IOVA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY CURTIS GREEK, OF SAME PLACE.

MOLE-DITCHER AND TILE-LAYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,058, dated December 30, 1884.

Application filed Apiil $6, 1984. (l\'c model.)

let water on the bottom of thetile-layer,whieh consists of the tapered U-shaped mold-board p and .the curved tube q, the mold-board being employed to keep the ditch. open and support To all: 'lUhOHL it may concern/.-

lBe it known that 1, ANDREW S. llucnns, of Ackley, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved 5 Mole'Diteher and Tile-Layer, of which the the tube, and the tubebeing the chute down followingis a full, clear, and exact description. which the tile are conducted to the bottom of My invention consists of improvements in l the ditch. The mold-board p is placed behind the construction of a mole plow or ditcher the plow-tbot,with its curved bottom connectand tile-laying attachmentsin a combined inaed with the bottom of the plow-foot; also with i3 chine, which said improvements are designed its vertical end ahead and lapping on the rear to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient maend of the plow-foot and on the attaching-bar chine for laying drain-tile, as hereinafter fully r so as to be riveted through both edges of described. the U to said plow-foot and bar, and the top Reference is to be had to the accompanying of the mold-board bears against the under 6 [5 drawings, forming part of this specification, side of the beam i, so that it is firmly stayed in which similar letters of reference indicate to give support to the chute (1, which extends corresponding parts in all the figures. down through the beam '13 into the space he- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tween the top edges of the mold-board, and 1nole-ditcher and tile-layer. Fig. 2is a longithence along within the curved rear edges, 8, 7o 20 tudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. to the lower back end, where it terminates 3 is a plan view, and Figs. 4 to S, inclusive, coincident with the end of the mold-board. represent details in perspective view. The edges s of the mold-board are bent before The plow-foot a, that makes the drain in puttingthe parts together, so as to close around which the tile are to be laid, consists of a the rear side of the chute against a curved 2 block of suitable material and dimensions, bar. I, placed edgewise on the chute, and rivhaving an oval bottom, I), concave point 0, ctcd together through said bar for a strong and flat top (I, said top being recessed at 6, connection of the chute and mold-board. The and having the lower end of the colterj', also front edges,a,ot' the mold-board are also to be the lower end of the attaching-bar g, fitted in closed together over the end of the plow-foot So 0 it and secured by the bolts h and h, respectsufficiently to conform to the thickness of the ively, said eolter and the bar 9 being firmly attachingbar g, and so as to contract the front secured to the beam i, the eolter passing end of the mold-board within the thickness of through the beam and being fastened with a the eolter, so that it will follow the slit made key, j, and the bar 9 being bolted to the beam by the eolter and wedge out the sides of the s 5 by the T-head k. The eolter has an exten slit by its bulging sides. The mold-board and sion, Z, of the foot forward of the ,connectingchute are also stayed by the braces '11, extend bolt h and along a portion of the recess 0, eX- ing obliquely up to and connected with the tending nearly to the front end of the plowextension of the beam behind the moldboard. foot, by which the'colter holds the plow-foot The mold-board p and chute q are yoked to- 40 more substantially against lateral divergence. gether at the rear end by the yoke w, bolted Between the eolter f and the attaching-bar to the side of the mold-board at m, and extendthere is a recess, a, where there is agas-pipe, ing backward to the end, and thence over the on, passing from foot (6 up through beam 1', top of the taper end of the mold-board and above which it has a faucet,and is connected to the chute, the yoke being made with a cross- 4 5 hose-pipe c,which extends back to water-tank bar, 1 suitably curved, and having a recess, a on the rear end of beam i, for lubricating .2, adapting it to the form of the mold-board, the parts remaining against the earth, and to and the yokeis provided with knives w,whieh moisten the earth,so that it will be left smooth run in the earth each side of the ditch for the and will not obstruct the laying of the tiles. purpose of holding the tile-layer down at the 10c 50 in the recess 0 a hole, 0, is made through the heel.

bottom of foot a, to admit the gas-pipe m to For a means of drawing the ditcher,and for bottom of the ditch.

regulating the action of the diteher so as to gage it for making the bottom of ditch level or of uniform descent when the surface of the from awindlass c b 'achain. to be wound 7 a y l 2 up on the windlass orlet out, according as'the beam is to be raised or 1owered,by turning the Windlass with a crank, g, which may be applied directly to the shaft of windlass c, or may gear with it by a pinion, h, and wheel 7;, so that when the sled rises on ascending ground the beam may be lowered, or may be raised when the ground descends, to maintain uniformity of the level or grade of the The pinion h is to be locked to hold the windlass by a catch, Z.

The beam i may be connected to the sled in any approved way for drawing the ditchcr thereby, or the power may be hitched directly to the beam,with a separate connection ofthe sled to the power, so that the draft will be on the (litcher directly. The chute q is connect ed to the beam at the top of the same by a clamp, 7;, extending around the rear side of the chute, and bolted down to the top of the beam, so as to bind the chute fast in the hole of the beam for the chute. The beam- 17 has staples a in the top, near the rear end, in which a hand-bar may be placed for lifting the machine and suspending it to shift it about above the ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I clairh as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mole-plow, the combination, with the plow-point a, with its securing-standard f and the beam i, of the tapered mold-board 1), and the curved chute q, seated or let into said mold-board, the rear edges of said moldboard being bent around the chute and bolted or secured to a curved bar, it, disposed upon the chute and extending up through the beam i, substantially as set forth.

2. In a n1ole-plow, the combination, with the tapered mold-board p and the beam 2', of the curved chute q, let into said mold-board. the latter being bent around the chute and bolted to a curved bar, t, arranged along the chute, and the yokes k and w y, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The yoke 20 having knives w and recess z, in combination with the mold-board p and chute q, said yoke being attached to the sides of the mold-board at m, extending therefrom back to the end of the mold-board, and crossing over the same and the chute, substau tiall y as described.

4. The cutters 10, attached to yoke w, and connected by said yoke to the mold-board and tile-chute, substantially as described.

' ANDREW SYLVESIER. HUGHES.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. Fossman, .HENRY G. Gnnnn. 

